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Ceuta · Autorización de regreso

Return authorisation offices in Ceuta

One office in Ceuta handles Autorización de regreso, in Ceuta. It is the only one in the province, so there is no closer alternative to try.

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The Immigration Office in Ceuta

Autorización de regreso is an authorisation, so it is decided at an Oficina de Extranjería under the Government Delegation — not at a police station. They are separate networks with separate appointment systems, and going to the wrong one is the most common wasted journey in Spanish immigration.

The ministry's page for Ceuta does not name this procedure among the services it itemises for these offices. They are the province's Immigration Offices, which is where authorisations of this kind are decided, but ring ahead before travelling rather than relying on that.

  • Sede 1. Oficina de Extranjería en Ceuta

    Ceuta

    Address
    Avenida Nuestra Señora de Otero, (Edificio Mutua), S/N, 51002 Ceuta
    Phone
    956984451 (Cita Previa) · 956984440 (Centralita)
    Opening hours
    Lunes a viernes: de 9 a 14:30 horas.
    Also decides
    Employed work and residence permits, self-employed work and residence permits, posted worker permits, residence and work for research, work authorisations for existing residents, exemptions from the work permit requirement, non-lucrative residence, family reunification, arraigo, other exceptional-circumstances permits, long-term residence, EU long-term residence, student stay permits, changing from one permit type to another, residence permits for minors, reports on temporary travel by minors, adoption visas, repatriation of unaccompanied minors, EU family member residence cards, expulsion and return proceedings, appeals, registration certificates (cédula de inscripción), residence cards (TIE), NIE numbers

Source: Ministerio de Política Territorial — Extranjería en las Delegaciones del Gobierno. Checked .

The offices, and what each one handles

  • Brigada Provincial de Extranjería y Fronteras de Ceuta

    Ceuta

    Address
    P.º de Colón n.º 4, 51001 - Ceuta
    Beyond the shared list
    EU registration certificates, NIE numbers and certificates, asylum and international protection, letters of invitation, non-lucrative residence, return authorisations, stay extensions, student permits, travel documents
    As the police word it, in Spanish

    Autorizaciones de Regreso · Cartas de invitación · Certificados y asignación de NIE · Estudiantes · Expedición de TIE · Prórrogas de estancia · Régimen comunitario · Residencias No lucrativas · Solicitud de Asilo y Refugio · Títulos de viaje y Cédulas de inscripci

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Source: Dirección General de la Policía — Unidades de Extranjería — Dependencias policiales. Checked .

What to take with you

Official fee
€10.72
Form 790-012
Proof of payment of fee 790/012
  • Application formThe official return authorisation form, completed and signed.
  • Passport or travel documentIn force, original and copy.
  • Proof that renewal was applied for within the deadlineFor the renewal case: the submission receipt showing the date you lodged it.
  • Proof of the duplicate applicationFor the lost or stolen card case: evidence that you have applied for a duplicate, and where relevant the police report of the theft or loss.

The conditions, deadlines and what happens if you miss them

Other procedures handled in Ceuta

Before you travel to one of these

Almost all of these offices work by appointment only, booked through the electronic office of the public administration. Turning up without one generally means being turned away, however short the queue looks. Office assignments also change, so if what is here does not match what you are told on the phone, believe the phone and tell us.

The full Return authorisation guide — documents, fees and deadlines